Gladiator Beast Deck #772848 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 30/100 (±10 · Confidence: Low)

• Primary strategy: Midrange
• Secondary strategies: Toolbox, Stun
• Format: ocg

Legality

Main 57 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 2 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Gladiator Beast fusion and link boards (Domitianus, Claudius, Heraklinos, Gyzarus, Augustus) that convert through Gladiator Beast chains, with Vespasius-led board pressure; Direct beatdown with 2500-3700 ATK beasts (Druiswurm, Magnamhut, Baldrake, Claudius) once the field is established
• Turn 1 (going first): Open Gistel, Mulcharmy and Proving Ground or Flavian, then search a Gladiator Beast and build a link or fusion board while holding Ash or Ghost Belle for a single interaction
• Turn 2 (going second): Use hand traps (Ash, Ghost Belle, Ghost Ogre, Infinite Impermanence, Droll & Lock Bird) to disrupt the opponent's board, then pivot into Gladiator Beast extension through Mulcharmy draws
• Recovery: Mulcharmy Fuwalos and Purulia draw engines, Pot of Sloth, and Gladiator Beast's Comeback or Gistel recursion rebuild the hand and field after a stop
• After siding: Not evaluable: the deck has no side deck (0 cards), so there is no post-side plan

Why it scores here

This deck is Illegal in the OCG format: it runs three copies of Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring (limit two) and two copies of Kashtira Fenrir (Forbidden), so the score is capped and the evaluation is structural only. Structurally the list reliably opens a Gladiator Beast starter in about 93% of openings from its 23-card core group (Inferred from the hypergeometric estimate), and its eleven hand traps and eight-plus interaction cards give it real end-board and going-second strength. Conversion ceiling and median output cannot be measured because no recorded boards exist, so those scores rest on card text and are Inferred. The score comes from consistency, interaction density and the system's ability to recover, not from Gladiator Beast being a popular archetype, and the card scores were never averaged. Pilotability is moderate because the fusion and link lines require several sequential steps, and the empty side deck removes any post-side adaptation.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 57, Going First ≈ 52, Going Second ≈ 63, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 40. Modifiers: banlist_exposure (-8); hard_garnet_burden (-2); no_side_deck (-2). Final formula: Structural 57.45 (Midrange profile) → 0.80·57.45 + 0.20·40 = 53.96 → modifiers total −12 → 41.96; Illegal cap applied (theoretical/structural only) → 30. Meta Power provisional, excluded.

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.93 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.07 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Dense hand-trap and interaction package (11 hand traps, 17 removal-text cards)
• Strong archetype core with about 93% opening-hand access to a starter
• Multiple Extra Deck boards that reach 2500-3700 ATK
• Recursion through Gistel and Comeback limits full-brick risk

Weaknesses

• Illegal list: Ash Blossom over its copy limit and Kashtira Fenrir Forbidden
• No side deck, so no post-side plan
• Low archetype purity (30.6% exact name) with 50 off-archetype copies
• No recorded boards, so the combo floor and ceiling are unmeasured

Critical choke points

• The Gladiator Beast starter line depends on a few copies of Gistel and Mulcharmy in the opening hand
• Extra Deck access relies on 15 slots that overlap heavily with Gladiator Beast requirements

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Illegal status: Ash Blossom 3 copies vs limit 2; Kashtira Fenrir 2 copies while Forbidden; Main 57 and Extra 15 are within OCG size rules; Side deck is empty; Copy histogram and archetype purity are as listed
• Inferred: Opening-hand starter access ≈ 0.93 from the core group; Going-second hand-trap value and interaction density; Pilotability as moderate from example chain length
• Provisional: Meta power and format fit (no dated sample or tournament link)
• Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo floor/median/ceiling is text-only inference no tournament link — archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record absent no win-rate telemetry exists in YGOVN (going-first/second, matchup, game-level, brick/starter/OTK rates) — those signals are Inferred or Unknown Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied no side deck supplied, so post-side plan cannot be evaluated